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I saw a link to this article on Drudge today and wondered if I could get the thoughts from both pro-choice and pro-life people on the points raised in this opinion piece. I bolded things that stood out to me:
What can I say that hasnt already been said about today?
Yesterday evening, I was sitting in my living room working while watching my sons play. I began to think about what my life would have been without them. How different I would be. How their lives have already made this world a different place since they were born. How much I would hurt if I had chosen abortion.
Then, I thought of the more than 55,000,000 lives that have been taken in the U.S. since 1973, and I became overwhelmed at the tragedy. Tragedy for the babies, their mothers, their fathers, families, and us.
Who is our nation missing? What price is our society paying for the ultimate deceit of abortion?
40 years ago today, seven men on the Supreme Court decided in favor of a case presented to them from a 27 year-old, unknown, post-abortive lawyer, Sarah Weddington. That case was Roe v. Wade and, along with its companion Doe v. Bolton, it legalized abortion in all 9 months of pregnancy, for any reason, in the United States.
Today, this 27 year-old is writing to you as a survivor of that decision. The undeniable fact is that nearly a third of my generation is missing. We are missing brothers, sisters, cousins, friends, husbands and wives.
You see, Miss Weddingtons generation got it wrong. In attempting to correct gender inequality in the workplace and in our society, they set into motion the ultimate act of discrimination abortion. Instead of glorifying motherhood, they pitted the mother against her child, creating an endless cycle of selfishness, pain, and deceit.
But this generation is determined to set it right. Weve seen the ultrasounds of our siblings, googled abortion and seen the bloody images, and sat with a friend as she cried about her abortion. This youth generation is the most pro-life generation of young people since 1973; were even more pro-life than even our parents generation. And this week our presence will be known as this generation will be the predominant participants in Fridays March for Life in Washington, D.C. and pro-life rallies across the nation.
This week, we will be proudly carrying our I am the Pro-Life Generation signs, and Planned Parenthood and the abortion industry will watch their target audience slip away.
In fact, we already have. When Nancy Keenan, the former president of NARAL/Pro-Choice America, announced her resignation last year, she cited the lack of young pro-abortion leaders as the reason she wanted to step down. This months Time magazine headline story dealt with the same problem, claiming that the pro-abortion movement has been losing since 1973.
And last weeks new Planned Parenthood video and talking points on abortion confirm this fact. They dont want to use the term pro-choice anymore because its too negatively associated with abortion. You see, they know when abortion is mentioned, their favorability falls. Their goal? Never bring it up.
So, what should be our goal? To bring up abortion in every conversation we can in church, the grocery store, at school, and at the neighborhood party. To never forget about abortion, no matter how busy our lives may get or how sad or immobilized we become by this immense, overwhelming tragedy.
Friend, its time to rise up. Rise up off of your couch, out of your dorm room, or pew. Rise up and dedicate your life to something bigger than yourself.
It is the time for us to tell our stories to our friends and family about how abortion has hurt us. Its time to paint the vision by telling people what our nation will look like without abortion and how its possible. Its time to seek real justice with those young women and men facing unplanned, crisis pregnancies. Its time to shine the light of truth, to expose Planned Parenthood and the abortion industry for what they really are.
Its the time to stand courageously for Life.
Friends, I believe this generation of survivors will see abortion abolished in our lifetime. But it wont be easy.
Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn. Harriet Beecher Stowe
I hope today, on this day of overwhelming sorrow, you will join us. Theres so much you can do.
I Am Overwhelmed by 55 Million Babies Killed Since Roe v. Wade | LifeNews.com
What can I say that hasnt already been said about today?
Yesterday evening, I was sitting in my living room working while watching my sons play. I began to think about what my life would have been without them. How different I would be. How their lives have already made this world a different place since they were born. How much I would hurt if I had chosen abortion.
Then, I thought of the more than 55,000,000 lives that have been taken in the U.S. since 1973, and I became overwhelmed at the tragedy. Tragedy for the babies, their mothers, their fathers, families, and us.
Who is our nation missing? What price is our society paying for the ultimate deceit of abortion?
40 years ago today, seven men on the Supreme Court decided in favor of a case presented to them from a 27 year-old, unknown, post-abortive lawyer, Sarah Weddington. That case was Roe v. Wade and, along with its companion Doe v. Bolton, it legalized abortion in all 9 months of pregnancy, for any reason, in the United States.
Today, this 27 year-old is writing to you as a survivor of that decision. The undeniable fact is that nearly a third of my generation is missing. We are missing brothers, sisters, cousins, friends, husbands and wives.
You see, Miss Weddingtons generation got it wrong. In attempting to correct gender inequality in the workplace and in our society, they set into motion the ultimate act of discrimination abortion. Instead of glorifying motherhood, they pitted the mother against her child, creating an endless cycle of selfishness, pain, and deceit.
But this generation is determined to set it right. Weve seen the ultrasounds of our siblings, googled abortion and seen the bloody images, and sat with a friend as she cried about her abortion. This youth generation is the most pro-life generation of young people since 1973; were even more pro-life than even our parents generation. And this week our presence will be known as this generation will be the predominant participants in Fridays March for Life in Washington, D.C. and pro-life rallies across the nation.
This week, we will be proudly carrying our I am the Pro-Life Generation signs, and Planned Parenthood and the abortion industry will watch their target audience slip away.
In fact, we already have. When Nancy Keenan, the former president of NARAL/Pro-Choice America, announced her resignation last year, she cited the lack of young pro-abortion leaders as the reason she wanted to step down. This months Time magazine headline story dealt with the same problem, claiming that the pro-abortion movement has been losing since 1973.
And last weeks new Planned Parenthood video and talking points on abortion confirm this fact. They dont want to use the term pro-choice anymore because its too negatively associated with abortion. You see, they know when abortion is mentioned, their favorability falls. Their goal? Never bring it up.
So, what should be our goal? To bring up abortion in every conversation we can in church, the grocery store, at school, and at the neighborhood party. To never forget about abortion, no matter how busy our lives may get or how sad or immobilized we become by this immense, overwhelming tragedy.
Friend, its time to rise up. Rise up off of your couch, out of your dorm room, or pew. Rise up and dedicate your life to something bigger than yourself.
It is the time for us to tell our stories to our friends and family about how abortion has hurt us. Its time to paint the vision by telling people what our nation will look like without abortion and how its possible. Its time to seek real justice with those young women and men facing unplanned, crisis pregnancies. Its time to shine the light of truth, to expose Planned Parenthood and the abortion industry for what they really are.
Its the time to stand courageously for Life.
Friends, I believe this generation of survivors will see abortion abolished in our lifetime. But it wont be easy.
Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn. Harriet Beecher Stowe
I hope today, on this day of overwhelming sorrow, you will join us. Theres so much you can do.
I Am Overwhelmed by 55 Million Babies Killed Since Roe v. Wade | LifeNews.com
